Burning Off Donut Calories

As we continue in this saga, TheBigRuski Goes Healthy...and eats a donut along the way, we ask: How do we burn off the calories from an old-fashioned chocolate covered donut?

More specifically, how did I? How did I burn off 250 calories.

I did not, as the TheDailyPlate.com "recommends," do steel mill work, removing slag for 11 minutes. Nor did I play music on a guitar, standing for 39 minutes. I was thinking about officiating a basketball game for 17 minutes...but I thought that might interupt the flow of the game if I faked an injury at the 17-minute mark.

Nope, today I walked 30 minutes at a fairly slow pace. I'm nursing a bad back and can not really pound it out without being in some pain. So, that's what I did...walked for 30 minutes slowly.

Did I burn off the donut calories?

Well, not exactly, according to the TheDailyPlate.com, I burned off 130 calories. That's 120 calories short!

Am I going to cry? No. I will just carry on...you should, too!

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I Ate a Donut

I've got a good news/bad news story for you. Which one do you want to hear first? Well, actually, now that I think of it, I did tell you the bad news one yesterday...I ate a donut...the old-fashioned chocolate covered kind.

And, as promised, I'll give you a nutritional breakdown on the donut...

Calories 250 Calories from Fat 100

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 11g (17%)
Saturated Fat 4.5g (22%)
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 5mg (2%)
Sodium 190mg (8%)
Total Carbohydrate 36g (12%)
Dietary Fiber 1g (4%)
Sugars 23g
Protein 2g (4%)

Do I feel guilty? Yes, well a little bit. But, afterall that was so yesterday, and today is today.

So how can I burn off these donut calories? I could burn off the 250 calories from this Old-Fashioned Glazed Chocolate Donut in a variety of ways:

Steel Mill Work - removing slag for 11 minutes

Music - playing guitar, standing for 39 minutes

Officiating - basketball for 17 minutes

source: TheDailyPlate.com

Hmmmm...wonder where I could find steel mill work in Orange County, Calif.?

Now the good news. I had a protein shake for breakfast. I always feel lighter for most of the day after starting my morning like that. I'm going to give you the recipe for this great tasting shake packed with protein later.

Sunday ended being a wash as far as counting calories. I did some counting, but it was at the Barn Dance BBQ I attended that I gave up. However, I will say that I did not have seconds on anything! Believe me, it was tempting. Afterwards, I took a 1/2 hour walk by the pier. Awesome summere evening!

Have a good Monday...and a great week!

BTW, what's slag?

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I Ate a Breakfast Burrito

Part of the deal here on my journey to get in better health and lose weight is counting my calories. I hate counting my calories! However, a friend of mine recommended going to TheDailyPlate.com and that's what you do there...count calories. Only I'm finding it really fun on this site...you can do a search for ANYTHING you eat and you'll see not only your calorie breakdown, but your nutritional numbers as well.

One other thing...you can have your daily suggested calorie intake calculated as well. Mine stands at 2,933 per day. My weight, height, and goal of losing 1.5 pounds per week is calculated in.



So, I promised you earlier to give a breakdown on my homemade breakfast burrito (and 1/2 glass of fruit punch) I ate this morning...well, duh...breakfast! I'm not going to get into anything else but calories for now.

This was a really basic breakfast burrito. I did not have time or the ingredients to make it fancy. Here it is:

3 eggs scrambled: 280
1 7" corn tortilla: 70
3 oz. of shredded lite cheese: 210
1 tbsp. ketchup: 20
4 oz. fruit punch: 35

TOTAL: 615 calories

Not bad, huh? Especially considering I had 2,318 calories remaining to eat for the rest of the day. Speaking of which, my day went kind of funny with what I ate in addition to the burrito so far. I will not get into particulars right now, but let's leave it at telling you that one of the items was an old-fashioned chocolate donut. (get you the calorie count later)

Hey, I still have the rest of the day to just chill and do good!

I'm not into country, but I'm going to a Barn Dance and BBQ tonight sponsored by a local church I used to attend. I pray I eat in moderation!